Question on Main Mission quests with countdown

[Varathius]

I have a question regarding main missions like "The Day of Calamity - Thwart the necromancer's schemes".
Basically, I did all the side-quests and some talking to people to get wisdom etc up. I am also too weak for that dungeon from Brigitta (luxury shop) but I have unlimited time for this, so I am now with 8 days left until the above mentioned main quest expires.

Should I wait until there is only 1 day remaining of main quests and use the extra 7 days I got left talking to people etc., to boost my virtues, or won't it matter, and I could just do that said main quest now? What is the most efficient here?

Thanks

[Baphled]

I remember in Persona 5 the recommendation would be to do the main mission near the end of the time limit.

I would not consider this true for Metaphor. After you take out the first dungeon, some additional options open up. I wouldn't say these are better or worse than what is available before the dungeon is beat, but options are nice. And even if you finish the dungeon as late as possible, you can still do that other stuff after.

I would recommend attempting it at least two days before the limit. It's a lot longer than one would expect and there's a decent chance you're going to be running low on resources as you approach the end.

[Freya Crescent]

My recommendation is do the main mission as soon as you run out of Bonds that you can do at that time. If you're behind on a Virtue for one or have a dungeon/request/bounty so you can run those if you feel.

The time doesn't 'skip' forward after a main mission, so you can clean up side content after, and it usually unlocks a few more to do in the same town, as well as maybe more Bonds.

[The_K00lDude]

Do the main mission as soon as then you dont have to worry about the deadline as much. If you do the main mission you wont be able to progress the story until that date anyway. So then you can focus building your stats.

[archonsod]

Originally posted by Varathius:

Should I wait until there is only 1 day remaining of main quests and use the extra 7 days I got left talking to people etc., to boost my virtues, or won't it matter, and I could just do that said main quest now? What is the most efficient here?

Makes no difference, if you finish the quest early you still get to sit around until the deadline before you move on. Only thing to really think about is how confident you are in being able to get the dungeon done in one or two days, and if there's any way to improve your chances - i.e. do you have social bonds you could increase that might unlock something for a particular archetype?

[Brian9824]

There is no reason to wait in this game for the main mission. The only reason to delay would be to get a few more bond links for minor boosts, but as long as you are strong enough then it doesn't matter.

If you finish it early you have freetime until the deadline, and if you don't finish it early as long as its completed before the deadline you are fine as well. So personal preference.